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Native Speakers Worldwide

4,460 (in Myanmar and China)

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A Phonology of Muak Sa-aak
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,460 (in Myanmar and China)

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

almost all

More about speakers

The speaker number cited in this thesis is based on Hopple (2007, unpublished)

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Myanmar

Coordinates

21.178,100.356

Location description

Speakers of Tai Loi live primarily in the eastern part of Shan state of Myanmar, especially in Mong Yawng Township. Some live close to Mong Yawng or near the Chinese border.

Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers’s attitudes

positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Speakers of Tai Loi live primarily in the eastern part of Shan state of Myanmar, especially in Mong Yawng Township. Some live close to Mong Yawng or near the Chinese border.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Tai Lue; Burmese; Chinese

Domains of other languages

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More on context

Burmese is the language for education and official domains so people attending school are able to use Burmese. For those who live in the Chinese border, they have exposure to Chinese. Tai Lue is the Tai-Kadai language that most Tai Loi speakers use as the second language. Tai Loi has long be in close contact with Tai Lue.

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

30,700 (including Tai Loi, Mok and Samtao)

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Myanmar; Laos; China

Coordinates

21.427,100.747;21.733,99.766;20.73,101.419;21.515,100.221

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,960

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

4,460 in Myanmar (2008).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Myanmar; Laos; China; Thailand

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,932

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